Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 22
Dvādaśī-vrata: Month-by-month Viṣṇu Worship and the Year-End Udyāpana
परमान्नप्रदानेन मम स्यादिष्टदायकः । ब्राह्मणान्भोजयेत्पश्चाच्छक्तितो बन्धुभिः सह ॥ २२ ॥
paramānnapradānena mama syādiṣṭadāyakaḥ | brāhmaṇānbhojayetpaścācchaktito bandhubhiḥ saha || 22 ||
Par l’offrande du mets cuit le plus excellent (paramānna), il devient pour moi celui qui accorde ce qui est désiré. Ensuite, selon ses moyens, qu’il nourrisse les brāhmaṇas, avec ses proches.
Narada (instructional voice within a dāna/anna-dāna context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It teaches that offering the best food as dāna, followed by feeding Brāhmaṇas within one’s means, is a dharmic act that pleases the deity and yields desired spiritual and worldly fruits.
Bhakti is expressed through reverent service: giving the finest food and honoring Brāhmaṇas as recipients of sacred hospitality becomes a practical form of devotion that aligns one’s resources with worship.
It reflects Kalpa (ritual procedure): the ordered sequence—offering/gifting food and then conducting brāhmaṇa-bhojana—performed “according to capacity” (śaktitaḥ) as a rule of ritual propriety.